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The Kutenai Art Therapy Institute offers a comprehensive and immersive art therapy training program.

The Kutenai Art Therapy Institute (KATI) is an art therapy school offering a fully accredited, two-year, graduate-level diploma program. Our curriculum embodies the interplay between creativity, land-based practice, and collective care, expressed through transformative education and community service. Students can take the program in one of two formats: campus hybrid or online hybrid. We are located in the beautiful mountain town of Nelson, British Columbia, on unceded Indigenous territory.

01/22/2026

Update to Dates and Times! ⁠
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Therapists, counsellors, and helpers - this one is for you.⁠
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🎨 Self-Leadership for Therapists⁠
An Art Therapy Group for Those Holding Space for Others⁠
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Wednesdays, Feb 18 – Apr 22 , 2026 | 5–7 PM PT | No session Mar 18 or 25. Online via Zoom⁠
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Join Cheryl Price, Registered Art Therapy Clinician and NARM Master Therapist, for an 8-week creative exploration into self-leadership, nervous system awareness, and the inner landscape of the therapist.⁠
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Through art therapy integrated with IFS (Internal Family Systems), NARM (NeuroAffective Relational Model), and polyvagal principles, this group supports you in reconnecting with your authentic Self while tending to what may be impacting your practice.⁠
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✨ In this workshop, participants will:⁠
• Explore qualities of the authentic Self⁠
• Deepen therapeutic presence through connection to Self⁠
• Identify patterns that shape relationships⁠
• Reflect on adaptive survival strategies⁠
• Connect creatively with others⁠
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💵 Workshop Fee: $495 CAD⁠
🌿 One 50%-off seat is reserved for a BIPOC registrant.⁠
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This is an invitation to slow down, get curious, and create from a grounded, compassionate place within.⁠
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📅 Register now - https://www.tickettailor.com/events/kati/1975959/r/fb
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01/20/2026

🌱 Invest in Your Practice. Deepen Your Impact.

Our upcoming Professional Development courses at Kutenai Art Therapy Institute are designed to support therapists, students, and helping professionals in expanding their skills, confidence, and creative clinical tools.

From art-based supervision and trauma-informed practice to DBT-informed art therapy, psychedelic preparation & integration, and experiential studio learning- our trainings blend theory with meaningful, hands-on application.

✨ Learn from experienced facilitators
✨ Earn continuing education credits (where applicable)
✨ Join a supportive, values-driven learning community
✨ Study online or in person

Whether you’re strengthening your foundation or exploring new therapeutic pathways, there’s something for every stage of practice.

📅 New courses begin soon, registration now open. https://www.kutenaiarttherapy.com/calendar

01/17/2026

Wondering if Art Therapy Is Your Path? Learn More with KATI⁠
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🎨 KATI Online Information Session⁠
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📅 Thu, Jan 29, 2026⁠
⏰ 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PST⁠
📍 Online via Zoom⁠
✅ Free registration⁠
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Are you curious about pursuing a career in art therapy?⁠
Join us for a free webinar to learn more about the Kutenai Art Therapy Institute (KATI) and our transformative graduate-level art therapy training.⁠
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Together we will explore:⁠
✨ Our new online application process⁠
✨ Program structure + delivery (Hybrid Campus + Hybrid Online)⁠
✨ Clinical placement + supervision opportunities⁠
✨ Research + thesis/capstone pathways⁠
✨ Career prospects + professional associations⁠
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KATI’s two-year art therapy program is rooted in:⁠
🌿 Relationship to land⁠
🤝 Community + collective care⁠
🎨 Transformative, creative learning⁠
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There will be time for live Q&A, so bring your questions!⁠
Can’t attend? Register to receive a recording of the session.⁠
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▶️ Register for free today and take your next step toward meaningful work in art therapy. https://www.tickettailor.com/events/katiinfosession/2025093/r/fb
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01/16/2026

Announcing an additional time.
🐉✨ Dragonfly Lanterns Workshop
Create Your Lantern for the Polka Dot Dragon Lantern Festival!

Sunday, Feb 1, 2026 | 10am–12pm or 1–3pm PST (SOLD OUT)
Announcing a new time for 3:30pm-5:30pm
📍 Kutenai Art Therapy Institute, 191 Baker St, Nelson, BC
💡 Choose one session - both workshops are identical.

Get ready for the 2026 Polka Dot Dragon Lantern Festival: Swamp Refuge by making your own glowing dragonfly lantern!

In this hands-on workshop, participants will:
✨ Build a lantern base using willow
✨ Embed LED lights
✨ Paper-mâché with colourful tissue paper
✨ Create a magical, lightweight lantern to carry in the festival parade

All materials and instruction are provided.
🎟️ Workshop Fee: $10 per person
👨‍👩‍👧 Children are welcome but must attend with an adult.

✨ Facilitator: Myra Rasmussen

Community-engaged artist and Artistic Director of the Polka Dot Dragon Arts Society, Myra brings years of festival arts experience from Japan, Brazil, Trinidad, Toronto, Minneapolis, and beyond. She is passionate about the power of celebrations to connect people through art, movement, and shared creativity.

Come build something luminous and help bring the swamp to life!

🔗 Register now. https://www.tickettailor.com/events/kati/1984814/r/fb

01/15/2026

Sign up today!⁠
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🎨 Exploring Art Media in a Therapeutic Arts Studio [406]⁠
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Tuesdays, Feb 3 – Apr 7, 2026 | 9 AM–12 PM PST⁠
📍 Online via Zoom⁠
✨ Counts toward the 30-hour admission requirement for KATI’s online hybrid diploma program⁠
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If you’re curious about art therapy or want to deepen your relationship with creative materials, this experiential workshop offers a hands-on exploration of art media through a therapeutic lens.⁠
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Participants will work directly with paint, collage, clay, fabric, and natural or found materials, while developing self-expression, self-reflexivity, and foundational relational skills essential in therapeutic art spaces.⁠
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Through art-making, writing, and group discussions, you’ll begin to understand how different materials support emotional expression, insight, and embodied awareness.⁠
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🌿 What’s Included:⁠
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• Guided exploration of diverse art materials⁠
• Discussion of therapeutic qualities of media⁠
• Readings, reflections & experiential learning⁠
• Supportive community learning environment⁠
• Instructor-provided articles & materials list⁠
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💵 Fees:⁠
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Early Registration (before Jan 10): $495⁠
General Registration (until Feb 2): $535⁠
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🎨 Instructor: Evie Dunville, BA, BFA, RCAT⁠
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An art therapist based in K’jipuktuk (Halifax), Evie brings a nature-inspired, accessible, and intentional approach to creative wellness, meeting each participant with respect, curiosity, and care.⁠
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✨ Ready to explore?⁠
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/kati/1983722/r/fb
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01/14/2026

🌿 Embracing the Change: The Art of Menopause⁠
An In-Person Art Therapy Group for Women Navigating Transition⁠
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📅 Tuesdays, Jan 20 – Mar 10, 2026⁠
🕖 7–9 PM PST⁠
📍 Kutenai Art Therapy Institute (V1L 4H1)⁠
✨ To register, please email mdonald@kutenaiarttherapy.com to introduce yourself and receive an access code.⁠
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Menopause is a powerful and transformative life stage. This 8-week art therapy group invites self-identifying women who are approaching or transitioning through menopause to explore their experiences through creativity, mindfulness, and connection.⁠
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Held in a warm, relational space, this group offers opportunities to work with a variety of art materials, reflect on personal shifts, and build supportive community.⁠
No art experience needed.⁠
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🎨 What’s Included:⁠
• 8 weeks of guided in-person art therapy⁠
• A supportive, person-centred environment⁠
• Mindful creative exploration⁠
• Art materials and tea provided⁠
• Wheelchair accessible building⁠
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💚Please note student-led groups pricing has changed to $10 per session. This offering $10 per session = $80.00.⁠
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Your access matters to us. If this fee is a barrier, subsidies may be available. Please reach out anytime at marketing@kutenaiarttherapy.com, we’re here to support you.⁠
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This student-led art therapy group is part of a practicum placement. All sessions are conducted under the supervision of a registered art therapist in alignment with KATI's ethical and educational guidelines.⁠
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✨ Facilitated by:⁠
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Jenn Marcyniuk & Michelle Donald⁠
(2nd-year KATI students)⁠
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📬 Email facilitator to receive an access code and register.⁠
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/md4/1984907/r/fb

01/13/2026

Therapists, counsellors, and helpers - this one is for you.⁠
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🎨 Self-Leadership for Therapists⁠
An Art Therapy Group for Those Holding Space for Others⁠
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Wednesdays, Jan 21 – Mar 11, 2026 | 1–3 PM PST | Online via Zoom⁠
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Join Cheryl Price, Registered Art Therapy Clinician and NARM Master Therapist, for an 8-week creative exploration into self-leadership, nervous system awareness, and the inner landscape of the therapist.⁠
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Through art therapy integrated with IFS (Internal Family Systems), NARM (NeuroAffective Relational Model), and polyvagal principles, this group supports you in reconnecting with your authentic Self while tending to what may be impacting your practice.⁠
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✨ In this workshop, participants will:⁠
• Explore qualities of the authentic Self⁠
• Deepen therapeutic presence through connection to Self⁠
• Identify patterns that shape relationships⁠
• Reflect on adaptive survival strategies⁠
• Connect creatively with others⁠
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💵 Workshop Fee: $495 CAD⁠
🌿 One 50%-off seat is reserved for a BIPOC registrant.⁠
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This is an invitation to slow down, get curious, and create from a grounded, compassionate place within.⁠
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📅 Register now: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/kati/1975959/r/fb⁠
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01/12/2026

We are so excited to welcome Charmaine back to KATI with her thoughtful, grounded, and transformative offering in psychedelic preparation and integration through art therapy.⁠
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🌿 Psychedelics & Art Therapy: Preparation and Integration 🎨✨⁠
Online | Feb 23 – Mar 30, 2026⁠
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As psychedelic medicine expands, one truth is clear: integration is everything.⁠
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Join this 6-week online course exploring how art therapy, somatic practices, and trauma-informed approaches can support meaningful preparation and lasting integration of non-ordinary states.⁠
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Led by internationally recognized art therapist and psychedelic integration specialist Charmaine Husum (RCAT) , this course bridges science, creativity, ethics, and embodied healing.⁠
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🌀 For therapists, students, guides & individuals seeking integration support⁠
🎓 12 CE self-study credits available⁠
🌍 Join from anywhere (recordings included)⁠
💻 Live on Zoom | Mondays 3:30–5:30pm PT⁠
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Her online courses and more information about her work can be found at www.centreoftheheart.com⁠⁠
⁠🎧 Podcast featuring Charmaine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN6sMEVY1io⁠ ⁠
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👉 Registration now open! ⁠
You’ll explore:⁠
• Art therapy & psychedelic theory⁠
• Trauma-informed & harm reduction frameworks⁠
• Somatic, meditation & nervous system tools⁠
• Dreamwork, parts work, archetypes & shadow⁠
• Indigenous perspectives & ethics⁠
• Concrete art practices for preparation & integration⁠
• Neuroplasticity & the brain in non-ordinary states⁠
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💰 Fee: $495 CAD (approx. $365 USD- BIPOC scholarship seat available)⁠
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This is a rare opportunity to study with one of the field’s leading voices, author of Psychedelics & Art Therapy (Routledge, 2025) and presenter at IEATA, AATA & CATA.⁠
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🔗 Register now to reserve your spot.⁠ https://www.tickettailor.com/events/psychedelicsandarttherapy/2009826/r/fb
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01/08/2026

🚨 LAST CALL — Registration Closing Soon! 🚨
LEVEL 1 | Art of Art Therapy Supervision
🗓 Wednesdays, Jan 14 – Feb 11, 2026
⏰ 9:00am–12:00pm PST | 💻 Online (Zoom)
📌 Register by Jan. 9

This is a rare opportunity to study supervision with Monica Carpendale, founder and professor emeritus of KATI and a leading voice in arts-based, relational supervision.

✨ Why this matters and why now:

Develop a relational, ecological approach to art therapy supervision

Work with the Seven-Eyed Model through art, metaphor, phenomenology, and writing

Deepen cultural humility, cultural safety, and intersectional awareness

Learn arts-based supervision practices including response art & post-session art

Explore burnout, compassion fatigue, and resiliency from a strength-based lens

Strengthen your professional identity as a supervisor

Learn best practices for online art therapy & supervision

📚 Grounded in Monica’s foundational texts:
A Traveller’s Guide to Art Therapy Supervision & A Magpie’s Nest

🎓 Level 1 is required for Level 2
💸 $495 CAD | One 50% BIPOC seat reserved (if available)

⚠️ This workshop fills quickly and is only offered periodically.
If supervision is part of your path, now is the time.

👉 Register now before Jan. 9 https://www.tickettailor.com/events/aats/1934199

01/07/2026

Only two days left to register! ⁠
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🎨🔥 Distress Tolerance through DBT & Art Therapy⁠
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Walking Between: DBT & Art Therapy – Part Three⁠
🗓 Jan 13 – Feb 3, 2026 | Online (Zoom)⁠
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This four-week intensive is guided by Nikki Featherstone ⁠, whose work bridges clinical depth, creativity, and spiritually integrated practice.⁠
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✨ What Nikki brings to the table:⁠
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A rare blend of DBT skills + expressive art for truly embodied, bottom-up learning⁠
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A trauma-informed, anti-oppressive, feminist lens that meets participants with care and nuance⁠
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Deep experience holding space for emotional intensity, crisis, grief, and transition⁠
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A grounded, compassionate teaching style that helps you stay connected to your values, even in hard moments⁠
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Integration of art psychotherapy, spirituality, and practical coping tools you can use right away⁠
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🌀 Why Distress Tolerance matters:⁠
Life brings moments of overwhelm. This module focuses on learning how to move through crisis without making it worse, building capacity to cope, self-soothe, and stay aligned with what matters most.⁠
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🎓 Counts toward the 30-hour admission requirement for the KATI Diploma Program⁠
🎨 No art experience needed | Bring a journal + simple art supplies⁠
💻 Accessible worldwide | Small-group, experiential learning⁠
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⏳ Spots are limited, hurry to register. https://www.tickettailor.com/events/kati/1827890/r/fb
Take Part 3 on its own. ⁠
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01/07/2026

💚 A Note to Our Community
As we move into the new year and navigate change, our student-led group sessions will be $10 per session starting January 2026. This change helps us continue offering thoughtful training and care, while staying sustainable in these times.

KATI art therapy services are provided through supervised student practicums and subsidized by tuition, offering reduced fees compared to professional rates of $100–$200/hour (individual) and $50–$80/session (group).

Your access matters to us. If this fee is a barrier, subsidies may be available. Please reach out anytime at marketing@kutenaiarttherapy.com, we’re here to support you.

01/06/2026

✨ Selah & Psalms ✨
An 8-Week Online Art Therapy Group for Adults

Saturdays | Feb 7 – Mar 28, 2026 | 9:00–10:30am PST
💻 Online | 🎨 No art experience needed
💲 $10/session ($80 total) | 📩 Register with access code (email facilitator)

Selah (say-lah): “To pause and rest in God’s presence.” The Hebrew word, selah invites a moment of sacred stillness – a place to breathe, reflect and commune with God.

Join this 8-week Christian faith-based closed group where we will explore Psalm 23 with a heart of creativity and selah.

Come find calm, creativity and connection with God, yourself and others.

A safe studio space for slowing down and showing up through art. No prior art experience needed.

This student-led art therapy group is part of a practicum placement. All sessions are conducted under the supervision of a registered art therapist in alignment with KATI's ethical and educational guidelines.

Facilitator: Anne McNish (KATI Art Therapy Student)

📩 To register, https://www.tickettailor.com/events/am/1996857/r/fb email the facilitator for an introduction and access code.

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The Kutenai Art Therapy Institute (KATI) is dedicated to the belief that the creative process is healing and life enhancing. The Institute offers art therapy services to children, youth and adults, an accredited post-baccalaureate art therapy diploma program and professional development opportunities in expressive arts therapies and ecological identity. The KATI program integrates art therapy theory, practice and research. The Institute is situated in the small heritage town of Nelson, BC, and emphasizes an awareness of the therapeutic needs of rural communities, with a focus on training culturally sensitive and responsive art therapists. The program is offered in 2 different formats: a campus program with planned clinical placements; and a distance program with immersive onsite course work and individually established clinical placements in home communities. The Kutenai Art Therapy Institute is a community-based creative program. We are always doing new things: making art, writing books, making movies, putting on workshops, conferences and symposiums. Check out our workshops and events section. Over the last few years we have hosted national and international art and expressive arts therapists. Monica Carpendale, the founder and academic dean, is a published author, film producer, and international presenter.

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